Still going strong after over 20 years, Public Enemy hasn’t lost focus over the course of their eight albums and three Bush presidential terms. Catch up with Chuck D in this exclusive Thrasher web interview.
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Comments (11)
I was psyched that Koston had some PE in his part. They've been throwing down for years, just like Koston.
Posted by Quinner | January 9, 2008 11:25 AM
Suckas to the side I know you hate my 98.
Posted by Yeah Boi | January 9, 2008 11:59 AM
PE is one of the baddest rap acts of all time! True originators!
I wonder why their marketing people think they should be on some skateboard shit now?
Im not hating on Thrasher...the sickest skate mag out.
But that marketing shit is wack.
Posted by virtuallifer | January 9, 2008 12:41 PM
Music doesn't make itself, you know. Dude has to eat.
Posted by Clayton | January 9, 2008 3:01 PM
how 'bout an interview with Bridgette Nielson?
Posted by stakedoarber | January 9, 2008 7:18 PM
I always despised the rap shit til these dudes came about
One of the best lines ever, encompassing a ton:
"Like hey, I'm on a mission
Check it out y'all, Condition
Posted by Simpleton | January 9, 2008 8:49 PM
I got a letter from the government
The other day
I opened and read it
It said they were suckers
They wanted me for their army or whatever
Picture me given' a damn - I said never
Here is a land that never gave a damn
About a brother like me and myself
Because they never did
I wasn't wit' it, but just that very minute...
It occured to me
The suckers had authority
Cold sweatin' as I dwell in my cell
How long has it been?
They got me sittin' in the state pen
I gotta get out - but that thought was thought before
I contemplated a plan on the cell floor
I'm not a fugitive on the run
But a brother like me begun - to be another one
Public enemy servin' time - they drew the line y'all
To criticize me some crime - never the less
They could not understand that I'm a Black man
And I could never be a veteran
On the strength, the situation's unreal
I got a raw deal, so I'm goin' for the steel
They got me rottin' in the time that I'm servin'
Tellin' you what happened the same time they're throwin'
4 of us packed in a cell like slaves - oh well
The same motherfucker got us livin' is his hell
You have to realize - what its a form of slavery
Organized under a swarm of devils
Straight up - word'em up on the level
The reasons are several, most of them federal
Here is my plan anyway and I say
I got gusto, but only some I can trust - yo
Some do a bid from 1 to 10
And I never did, and plus I never been
I'm on a tier where no tears should ever fall
Cell block and locked - I never clock it y'all
'Cause time and time again time
They got me servin' to those and to them
I'm not a citizen
But ever when I catch a C-O
Sleepin' on the job - my plan is on go-ahead
On the strength, I'ma tell you the deal
I got nothin' to lose
'Cause I'm goin' for the steel
You know I caught a C-O
Fallin' asleep on death row
I grabbed his gun - then he did what I said so
And everyman's got served
Along with the time they served
Decency was deserved
To understand my demands
I gave a warnin' - I wanted the governor, y'all
And plus the warden to know
That I was innocent -
Because I'm militant
Posing a threat, you bet it's fuckin' up the government
My plan said I had to get out and break north
Just like with Oliver's neck
I had to get off - my boys had the feds in check
They couldn't do nuthin'
We had a force to instigate a prison riot
This is what it takes for peace
So I just took the piece
Black for Black inside time to cut the leash
Freedom to get out - to the ghetto - no sell out
6 C-Os we got we ought to put their head out
But I'll give 'em a chance, cause I'm civilized
As for the rest of the world, they can't realize
A cell is hell - I'm a rebel so I rebel
Between bars, got me thinkin' like an animal
Got a woman C-O to call me a copter
She tried to get away, and I popped her
Twice, right
Now who wanna get nice?
I had 6 C-Os, now it's 5 to go
And I'm serious - call me delirious
But I'm still a captive
I gotta rap this
Time to break as time grows intense
I got the steel in my right hand
Now I'm lookin' for the fence
I ventured into the courtyard
Followed by 52 brothers
Bruised, battered, and scarred but hard
Goin' out with a bang
Ready to bang out
But power from the sky
And from the tower shots rang out
A high number of dose - yes
And some came close
Figure I trigger my steel
Stand and hold my post
This is what I mean - an anti-nigger machine
If I come out alive and then they won't - come clean
And then I threw up my steel bullets - flew up
Blew up, who shot...
What, who, the bazooka was who
And to my rescue, it was the S1Ws
Secured my getaway, so I just gotaway
The joint broke, from the black smoke
Then they saw it was rougher thatn the average bluffer
'Cause the steel was black, the attitude exact
Now the chase is on tellin' you to c'mon
53 brothers on the run, and we are gone
Posted by Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos | January 10, 2008 9:52 AM
"Well, if you'd read the stuff I've read about him , and the way he's been portrayed in the American press..."
--"Welcome to the Terrordome"
P.E. #1.
HipHop as social commentary/voice of change. Not just a outlet to talk about your $40,000 teeth.
punx..
Posted by P-loc | January 10, 2008 1:10 PM
flava flave sold out- now its time for him to get the hell out...
Posted by trub | January 10, 2008 5:21 PM
I was thinking about this story last night at work; no big whoop, right? But, it occurred to me that PE was featured in Thrasher back in '86 or '87... Whenever "Bum Rush the Show" was just out. Someone back me up on this... I don't have all my back issues any more, surely someone at the office could check. The point being : VirtualLifer suggested that
this is some last-ditch effort for PE to get fame. I'm saying they've been down all along.
~"Most of my heroes don't appear on a stamp.." Chuck D
Posted by 667 | January 11, 2008 9:49 AM
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Posted by Ambassador | January 14, 2008 9:49 AM